Our Handmade TV set

Wednesday (07/01/2009)

a) Brainstorming: TV programmes
· The kids brainstormed on the various programmes which inluded cartoons, movies, advertsiement, news and music.
· We divided ourselves to 3 groups incharging of i) a hand-made TV set, ii) a cartoon and a movie.

b) My TV Card: The Big Pancake
· First, I read my favourire story. Then, the kids saw how I transformed the story into a TV Card set.
· Then, we discussed on how to make the TV box. Max suggested a box while Yun Zhe suggested paper. Finally, they tolearted by using both methods. Song Chuan and Shu Wei did the TV remote control. Jin Shan did the antennas.

c) Our own Story
· The kids learnt to think together in a group of 7…Phew! In fact I gave them some storybooks. Finally, Jen Ning led us into the story.
· The King of China or Emperor lived in a beautiful palace with his Prince and Princess. One day, while having lunch, a man came to look for him. He told the King to be the peacemaker of a fight in the village. The King rode on his horse and hurried to the village. The fight started from a small problem. A man accidentally broke a beautiful glass belonged to a villager. Instead of forgiving, they started fighting. The King said they should be ashamed as fighting would not solve problems. People would die because of fight. Upon realisation, they asked the King for forgiveness.
· As Chines New year is approaching, the King asked the people to live in harmony and loved one another. That year, the Chinese new year celebration was even merrier.
· The kids then drew the different parts of the story. They would continue colouring tomorrow.

d) We want BEN 10 and Pikachu cartoon.
· As Zi Yang, Eugene, Jing Kai and Wen Yue insisted on this; I suggested that they create a nice and meaningful story. They enjoyed themselves. However, they are yet to come up with a complete storyline. They will continue tomorrow.